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Tag Archives: VA
Justin Bieber’s Museum Visit
Teen pop star/heartthrob Justin Bieber recently visited the Anne Frank House – the building where Frank hid during World War II and kept a diary, now turned into a museum – and left this bit of profundity in the guest … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Capitol Visitor Center, Lists of Museums
Tagged Anne Frank House, Arlington National Cemetery, article, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Capitol Visitor Center, DC, historic house museum, Justin Bieber, King Memorial, Library of Congress, Maryland Historical Society, MD, Meridian Hill Park, museum, National Portrait Gallery, Netherlands, Sewall-Belmont House, Smithsonian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, VA
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Favorite Museum Photos: Fabric
This month I’ve been writing about how museums engage with historical and contemporary efforts against inequality relating to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and class. These posts have taken longer than usual, as I tried to get my words exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Alexandria, Photos
Tagged DC, Folklife Festival, Gadsby's Tavern Museum, historic site, museum, Smithsonian, VA
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Week 14: Lee-Fendall House
Museum mission: The mission of the Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation is to promote historic preservation and education by preserving, rehabilitating, maintaining, and interpreting the Lee-Fendall House Museum, gardens, and collection, thus serving as a community resource for the city … Continue reading
Week 10: Washington Masonic Memorial
Museum vision: “To inspire humanity through education to emulate and promote the virtues, character and vision of George Washington, the Man, the Mason and Father of our Country.” Week 7’s museum was Mount Vernon, so I recently learned a lot, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Museum Visits Part III
Tagged museum, VA, Washington Masonic Memorial, weekly museum visit
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Week 7: Mount Vernon
Museum mission: The mission of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association is to preserve, restore and manage the estate of George Washington to the highest standards and to educate visitors and people throughout the world about the life and legacies of … Continue reading
Week 4: National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum
From Invent Now’s website: Invent Now looks for new and creative ways to spread the inventive spirit, developing a range of creative products, programs and innovative partnerships that emphasize the importance of invention in society. Invent Now includes a design … Continue reading
Aquatic Life on Display
It is a challenging and exciting time for aquariums. For one thing, audiences’ expanding concern for animal rights and animal welfare forces aquariums and zoos to grapple with ethical questions. There was once a time when the mere entertainment value … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Museum Visits (Other), National Zoological Park, Photos
Tagged aquarium, article, DC, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, MD, museum, National Aquarium in Baltimore, National Aquarium in DC, National Museum of Natural History, national park, National Zoo, park, Smithsonian, VA, zoo
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Living Art Museums
What does a living museum look like? There are natural science sites that have living collections: zoos, aquariums, arboretums, parks, botanic gardens, and nature centers. Specimens are not mounted in a frame and cared for by conservators. Rather, they live, … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other)
Tagged Artisphere, community art space, living art museum, MD, Torpedo Factory, VA, VisArts
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Museum Education Students’ Museum Field Trips: Second Semester
In fall 2009, I had a two-day-per-week internship paired with a weekly seminar on learning theory, as well as two other courses: Museum Audiences and American Folklife. The internship consisted of spending 16 hours a week immersing myself in a … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other), Museums and Holidays, Newseum, Photos
Tagged Christmas, DC, Discovery Theater, historic house of worship, holidays, libraries, Library of Congress, MD, Mormon Temple Visitors Center, museum, Museum Education Program, national park, Newseum, parks, Ripley Center, Rock Creek Park, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Torpedo Factory, VA, Washington National Cathedral
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Siteseeing: Visiting Museum Exhibits Online
A dear friend of mine is the new mother of an adorable baby boy. Now that she has lots of time at home, she asked that I write a blog post about online museum experiences, ways to visit exhibits from … Continue reading
Posted in Lists of Museums, National Postal Museum
Tagged American Museum of Natural History, Anne Frank House, British Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, DC, France, Louvre, MA, MIT Museum, MN, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, National Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery UK, National Postal Museum, Netherlands, New York Hall of Science, NY, online exhibits, Tate, UK, VA, Walker Art Center
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